Search results
Welcome Ezra Stiles College Class of 2028! Congratulations! We feel proud to call you Stilesians! Each entering class expands our horizons and enriches our traditions of friendship and collective learning. Ezra Stiles College will be your home base as you begin your journey through college.
- About Ezra Stiles
Ezra Stiles College is named to honor the memory of Ezra...
- Head of College Office
The Head of College acts as the chief administrative officer...
- Dean's Office
The Dean is the chief academic adviser to the 500 students...
- About Ezra Stiles
Ezra Stiles College is one of the fourteen residential colleges at Yale University, built in 1961 and designed by Eero Saarinen. The college is named after Ezra Stiles, the seventh President of Yale. Architecturally, it is known for its lack of right angles between walls in the living areas.
Ezra Stiles College is named to honor the memory of Ezra Stiles, Yale Class of 1746, an eminent American theologian, lawyer, scientist, and philosopher, who served as the seventh President of Yale from 1778 to 1795.
In 1961, Yale named a new residential college in his honor: Ezra Stiles College. The college is noted for its design by modernist architect Eero Saarinen. Stiles' upholstered armchair is currently in the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut. The chair was made in Newport, Rhode Island. [30]
The Stiles and Morse Colleges, by Eero Saarinen, was designed and built between 1957 and 1961 on the campus of Yale University in New Haven. The colleges are located in a complex site with a round street on the north and a series of buildings in the south.
Ezra Stiles College . In the year 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed, and Samuel Hopkins, Stiles' colleague in Newport, Rhode Island, published his anti-slavery pamphlet, A Dialogue Concerning the Slavery of the Africans.
In February Ezra Stiles College hosted Ross Gay, award-winning poet, essayist, and educator, for engaging and insightful discussions on finding joy and delight in the everyday. We thank Mr. Gay for sharing his time, work and thoughts with Stiles, Yale and the greater New Haven community.
